The four-hour trial of Gui Kailai took place amid high security and a social
media blackout, according to the Telegraph's Tom Phillips, reporting from
Hefei.

12:07PM BST 09 Aug 2012

The Telegraph's Shanghai Correspondent described the atmosphere at the trial of Gu Kailai, wife of former leading Chinese politician Bo Xilai, who is accused of masterminding the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.

He described the heavy security presence as "hundreds" of plain clothes police officers guarded the court house in Hefei.

Phillips also reported how China had imposed a social media blackout that prevented the public from searching from any of the keywords related to the case.

The trial finished at 4pm local time (0900 BST) on Thursday. Gu Kailai is still awaiting sentencing.